Nearer to God Daily Devotional
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Daily devotionalTuesday June 19 – Greed defined
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the…
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Monday June 18 – Greed defined
Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for He has said, “I will never leave you…
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Daily devotionalSunday June 17 – Sloth: a way forward
“Let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before…
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Saturday June 16 – Jesus Christ and our sloth
Look to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame,…
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Friday June 15 – Sloth defined
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger. – Proverbs 19:15 Scripture reading: 2 Samuel 11 I heard that sloths sleep 15-20…
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Thursday June 14 – Sloth defined
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the…
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Daily devotionalWednesday June 13 – Anger: a way forward
Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires….
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Tuesday June 12 – Jesus Christ and our anger
Take My yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls….
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Monday June 11 – Anger defined
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and…
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Sunday June 10 – Anger defined
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity for the devil. – Ephesians 4:26-27…
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Daily devotionalSaturday June 9 – Envy: a way forward
Now the works of the flesh are evident…envy…but the fruit of the Spirit is love…kindness…goodness… – Galatians 5:19-23 Scripture reading: Galatians 5 Secure in the love…
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Friday June 8 – Jesus Christ and our envy
Jesus Christ…though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking…
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Thursday June 7 – Envy defined
Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands…And Saul eyed David from that day on. – 1 Samuel 18:7-9 Scripture reading: 1 Samuel…
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Wednesday June 6 – Envy defined
A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot. – Proverbs 14:30 Scripture reading: Proverbs 14 As sinful and ruinous as…
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Tuesday June 5 – Pride: a way forward
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you. – 1 Peter 5:6 Scripture reading: 1…
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Monday June 4 – Jesus Christ and our pride
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who…being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point…
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Sunday June 3 – Pride defined
God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. – James 4:6 Scripture reading: James 4 How would you define pride? Self-promotion, self-absorption, self-exaltation? When…
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Saturday June 2 – Pride defined
These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look… – Proverbs 6:16-17 Scripture reading: Proverbs 6 It’s probably…
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Friday June 1 – Introduction to June’s devotionals
The origin of what we have come to know as the Seven Deadly Sins goes back at least to the ancient church. You can find…
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Daily devotionalThursday May 31 – Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name?
Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous…
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Daily devotionalWednesday May 30 – Who is the man that fears the Lord?
Who is the man who fears the LORD? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose. – Psalm 25:12 Scripture reading: Psalm 25…
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Daily devotionalTuesday May 29 – What fellowship has light with darkness?
For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a…
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Daily devotionalMonday May 28 – How long?
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? – Psalm 13:1a Scripture reading: Psalm 13 Psalm 13 begins with a fourfold lament of penetrating questions…
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Daily devotionalSunday May 27 – Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? – Psalm 15:1 Scripture Reading: Psalm 15 Today, in freedom, we…
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Daily devotionalSaturday May 26 – If the foundations are destroyed…
If the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do? – Psalm 11:3 Scripture Reading: Psalm 11 It is no secret that hostility against the truth…
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Daily devotionalFriday May 25 – Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD, or what man shows Him his counsel? –Isaiah 40:13 (cf. Romans 11:33-36; I Corinthians 2:16) Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalThursday May 24 – What good is it for one to gain the whole world…
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? – Mark 8:36 Scripture reading: Mark 8: 22-38 In His public…
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Daily devotionalWednesday May 23 – If God is for us, who can be against us?
If God is for us, who can be against us? – Romans 8:31b Scripture reading: Romans 8:18-39 Life on this side of glory is hard and,…
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Daily devotionalTuesday May 22 – Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? – Romans 6:1 Scripture reading: Romans 6 The believer rejoices to…
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Daily devotionalMonday May 21 – How can someone be born when they are old?
How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born? – John 3:4…
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Daily devotionalSunday May 20 – What does this mean?
And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” – Acts 2:12 Scripture Reading: Acts 1:1-5; 2:1-12 Today, as the body…
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Daily devotionalSaturday May 19 – What must I do to inherit eternal life?
“Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” – Luke 18:18 Scripture: Luke 18:18-30 No one can possibly go forward in the gracious strength…
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Daily devotionalFriday May 18 – My God, why has thou forsaken me?
“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” –Mark 15:34b (cf. Psalm 22:1) Scripture reading: Mark 15:21-41 This haunting question from the heart of Jesus ought to send shivers…
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Daily devotionalThursday May 17 – What shall I do then with Jesus?
Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” – Matthew 27:22 Scripture Reading: Matthew 27:11-31 Pilate was in a…
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Daily devotionalWednesday May 16 – Who do you say that I am?
He said to them “But who do you say that I am?” – Matthew 16:15 Scripture Reading: Matthew 16:13-20 Christ’s question is one of the most…
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Daily devotionalTuesday May 15 – Will you not receive instructions and listen to my words?
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Go and say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Will you…
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Daily devotionalMonday May 14 – Is anything too hard for the LORD?
Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me? – Jeremiah 32:27 Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 32 What perplexing moments…